Beverly Manufacturing Company

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Upton Machine Company
Beverly Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1900
resolution 1908
Reason for dissolution Acquisition by Cameron Car Company
Seat Beverly , Massachusetts , USA
Branch Automobiles

Beverly Manufacturing Company , previously Upton Machine Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles . Another source names the Beverly Machine Company .

Company history

Colcord Upton founded the Upton Machine Company in Beverly , Massachusetts in 1900 . In 1900 he completed the first prototype , which he presented in November 1900 at the first New York Automobile Show . In 1901 two more vehicles followed for test purposes. It wasn't until the summer of 1902 that the production of automobiles for sale began. The brand name was Upton . In July 1903, Upton left the company to form the Upton Motor Company . From 1904 the brand name changed to Beverly , because Colcord Upton had remained in possession of the trademark rights to Upton . Vehicle production also ended in 1904. In September 1905 the company name changed to Beverly Manufacturing Company . Power transmissions were created. In January 1908 the Cameron Car Company took over the company.

vehicles

Brand name Upton

The first vehicles had a single cylinder engine of De Dion-Bouton 3.5 hp power. A planetary gearbox developed in-house transferred the engine power to the rear axle.

The Four was also part of the range from 1902 to 1903 . He had a self-made four-cylinder engine with 16 hp. The chassis had a 229 cm wheelbase . A five-seater touring car body was mounted on it. It is possible that only one copy was made.

Brand name Beverly

The only model was based on the previous four-cylinder model. However, the engine output had been increased to 22 hp. The grille had also been redesigned. The wheelbase remained unchanged. The steering headlights , an early type of cornering light, were unusual .

literature

  • Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 123-124 and p. 1491 (English).
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 161. (English)
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1644. (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 123-124 and p. 1491 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 161 and p. 1644. (English)